Dream Up: Back to the highlights of 2017

08.11.2017

Since 2015, more than 10,000 young people have been taking part every year in arts-based education projects supported through the BNP Paribas Foundation’s Dream Up programme. We bring you some of the latest news from Dream Up.

Singapore

In March, following on from his work in Casablanca and Luxembourg, Abou Lagraa packed his bags for Singapore. This noted dancer, choreographer, dancer and Dream Up ambassador went to run some dance workshops there. Around thirty youngsters aged between 12 and 18 from the Little Arts Academy, who were already on a city dance programme, spent close to a week working with Abou to express their passion and give free rein to their creativity and their showmanship.

Lisbon

In June, young musicians from the Orquestra Geraçao concluded their musical season with a concert in Amadora, near Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. On the programme was a selection from their repertoire of classical music, jazz and music from different parts of the world. ‘World music’ has a special importance for these children, as many of them are from families that came to Portugal in the various waves of migration that have marked the country’s history. The Orchestra Geraçao organisation, which was set up in 2007 along the lines of Venezuela’s El Sistema, uses music to help children and teenagers from underprivileged backgrounds to integrate into the education system and the wider society.

Dream Up - Portugal

Shanghai

In August BNP Paribas invited eight students and two teachers from the Taipei Ricci Institute to an art summer camp in Shanghai. Twenty-nine pictures, all painted by the students, were then selected for an exhibition hosted by BNP Paribas on the ground floor of the Shanghai World Finance Centre (SWFC) where the Group has its Shanghai offices. This was a joyous moment for the students, who were delighted to see their works exhibited to the public and to receive plaudits from the visitors to the exhibition, including many BNP Paribas staff. And as the icing on the cake, they were invited to take a tour of the offices.

Warsaw

Twenty-five highly motivated children arrived at a music summer camp at Serok, not far from the Polish capital, in August. During their stay they learned to make music together, to sing and to play new instruments, under the nurturing eye of professional musicians and also went on outings, including a bike ride and a day at a water park. For many of the children, these were their only summer holidays, and they spent them in a musical environment!

Dream Up - Poland

Johannesburg

In South Africa, the Shakespeare Schools Festival – which is supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation – once again attracted a large audience for the works put on by young actors. Some 2,000 children and teenagers from 70 primary or high schools across the country came together for the largest youth theatre festival in the world. In September, following months of preparation, the students performed their adaptation of a play by the iconic English playwright William Shakespeare in two large theatres in Johannesburg: the Joburg Theatre and the Soweto Theatre. The basic aim of this 17th round of the annual festival – attended by over 4,000 spectators – was once again to awaken passions and unlock personal vocations.

Dream Up: the international program of education through the practice of the arts of the BNP Paribas Foundation
The Dream Up program allows over 30,000 youth around the world to learn and grow through the practice of the arts. Art becomes a weapon against inequality and also a factor of social integration. Music, classical or jazz, theater, graphic arts or video… All these means are now set up. Every time, Dream Up relies on local talents and expertise which are already implemented. This guarantees quality and continuity in its approach.

The Dream Up program, proudly supported by Foundation BNP Paribas, arrives in South Africa, and allows children to play Shakespeare’s work in Johannesburg theaters !
Students discover Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Schools Festival in South Africa and Educape bring the Dream Up project in poor suburbs of Johannesburg : 400 children, aged 12 to 17, are taught the basic skills of acting. Their challenge is to be able to play Shakespeare’s work at the end of the year. Most kids live in tough conditions and discover the work of William Shakespeare for the first time of their lives.
During several weeks, these youngsters are coached by their professors alongside the Educape and SSF’s educational teams. They work on staging short versions of the great Shakespeare Classicals, such as Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer’s night Dream…
Eventually, the shows are presented to the public and the families inside the schools and in other public places, including the Joburg and Soweto theaters. The 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare this year and the numerous events organized worldwide are great opportunities to shed lights on the work of these kids !
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The Dream Up program, proudly supported by Foundation BNP Paribas, arrives in South Africa, and allows children to play Shakespeare’s work in Johannesburg theaters !
Students discover Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Schools Festival in South Africa and Educape bring the Dream Up project in poor suburbs of Johannesburg : 400 children, aged 12 to 17, are taught the basic skills of acting. Their challenge is to be able to play Shakespeare’s work at the end of the year. Most kids live in tough conditions and discover the work of William Shakespeare for the first time of their lives.
During several weeks, these youngsters are coached by their professors alongside the Educape and SSF’s educational teams. They work on staging short versions of the great Shakespeare Classicals, such as Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer’s night Dream…
Eventually, the shows are presented to the public and the families inside the schools and in other public places, including the Joburg and Soweto theaters. The 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare this year and the numerous events organized worldwide are great opportunities to shed lights on the work of these kids !
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Dream Up is an international program of solidarity created by the BNP Paribas Foundation. In Morocco, Dream Up is also carried by Foundation BMCI. In Sidi Moumen, very popular district of the suburbs of Casablanca, the Foundation Ali Zaoua (association based in 2009 by Nabil Ayouch and Mahi Binebine) and his Arts centre the Stars of Sidi Moumen puts forward thanks to Dream Up a true music group with the young people of the Center, within the district. Dream Up thus allows the purchase of musical instruments, the organization of the courses of musical theory and instrument, the compensation of the professors of music and the possibility for the young people of attending concerts and of profiting from workshops and “master degree class” coordinated by artists, Morrocans or foreigners, guests in the Center. The BNP Paribas Foundation chose the Abou Lagraa choreographer as ambassador of Dream UP. Thus it came to the meeting from the young people from the Center the Stars from Sidi Moumen to coordinate with them a workshop of dance!

Dream Up is an international program of solidarity created by the BNP Paribas Foundation. In Morocco, Dream Up is also carried by Foundation BMCI. In Sidi Moumen, very popular district of the suburbs of Casablanca, the Foundation Ali Zaoua (association based in 2009 by Nabil Ayouch and Mahi Binebine) and his Arts centre the Stars of Sidi Moumen puts forward thanks to Dream Up a true music group with the young people of the Center, within the district. Dream Up thus allows the purchase of musical instruments, the organization of the courses of musical theory and instrument, the compensation of the professors of music and the possibility for the young people of attending concerts and of profiting from workshops and “master degree class” coordinated by artists, Moroccans or foreigners, guests in the Center. The BNP Paribas Foundation chose the Abou Lagraa choreographer as ambassador of Dream UP. Thus it came to the meeting from the young people from the Center the Stars from Sidi Moumen to coordinate with them a workshop of dance!

Dream Up is the new international programme set up by the BNP Paribas Foundation. Dream Up has been launched in 26 countries. Running over three school years, projects under the programme will help some 30,000 children and teenagers who come from disadvantaged backgrounds or are living with a disability to develop and find fulfillment by practicing an artistic or creative activity. The youngsters will receive guidance in such disciplines as music, visual and plastic arts, theatre, dance, circus arts, photography and video-making.
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Dream Up: the international program of education through the practice of the arts of the BNP Paribas Foundation The Dream Up program allows over 30,000 youth around the world to learn and grow through the practice of the arts. Art becomes a weapon against inequality and also a factor of social integration. Music, classical or jazz, theater, graphic arts or video… All these means are now set up. Every time, Dream Up relies on local talents and expertise which are already implemented. This guarantees quality and continuity in its approach.
Follow the breaking news of the Foundation and all its partners ! On Facebook ☞ https://www.facebook.com/FondationBNP... On Twitter ☞ https://twitter.com/fondationbnpp Subscribe to our newsletter : https://www.tfaforms.com/331830 All our engagements on : https://group.bnpparibas/en/group/bnp...